I am very thankful to have been able to interview one of my favorite professors I have had so far, Dr. Mason. She helped explain to me the different types of writing that are done for a typical person with a profession in psychology. I learned the many different audiences she writes to and the purpose of her writings. Throughout our whole conversation, I could see that she was very passionate about the work she writes about.
As a psychology professor and psychologist there are several types of writings that Dr. Mason will do on a daily basis. Being a professor, she will do a lot of technical type of writing and stat based writing. I didn’t realize how much statistics played a role in teaching of psychology and important it is to psychology. Most of the time, however, she is writing lectures and making PowerPoint outlines While she is a psychologist most writing consists of client notes, issues, medications, and tests. This information is very important to know for in hopes of me one day becoming a school psychologist and the type of writing I would be doing differently than some other kind of psychologist. Individualized Education Program is very specific to school psychologists and something I would definitely be doing almost every day. Since she is textbook writer, she tries to write about one or two paragraphs in her textbook daily.
Dr. Mason was very clear for the purpose of the writing that she does. Putting it very simply she said, “I write with efficiency in mind.” I think that is a wonderful piece of advice to give to an inspiring psychologist. She wants to be able to get what she is saying in the least amount of words possible. Psychologists need to be able to write down things a client says in as few words as possible, so practicing this technique in all forms of writing helps tremendously. This is used in writing to students, colleagues, and any other person she may write too. Dr. Mason wants to be able to write in such a way that what she has written will be remembered by all who reads it. In my future profession in this field, I will take this advice to use.
There are a variety of audiences that Dr. Mason writes for. Mainly as a professor she is writing for students and professors. Obviously, she will use different wording when communicate with these two separate groups. With professors, she will use more formal type of writing versus communicating with one of her students. Also, she communicates with other people interested in psychology because of the book that she has written. The book is very student focused because it a textbook that is used for collegiate level students. I find it very interesting to maybe someday be able to write a textbook that would be used in a classroom setting. Especially type of book that would help students be able to realize the different areas of psychology and how they are unique. Sometimes she will write to other book writers to ask them questions about how they approach their writing.
There are a couple of ways Dr. Mason gets out of the writing that she does. The first way is to give feedback from students in the classroom dealing with lecture circumstances. She wants to make sure they are able to understand what they may be doing wrong or right in the class to make sure they fully understand what is going on. She also may give another professor feedback on a lecture she may sit in on. Giving feedback is going to be extremely important in a school psychologist setting to give feedback to a student or parent about the progress a student may be making or an area they made need more help in. Another thing that she gets out of her writing is satisfaction. She seems extremely proud of the writing she does, especially her textbook. Dr. Mason spends a tremendous amount of time on it and loves the satisfaction she gets out of it. Her passion for it is very inspirational.
Dr. Mason did not have a particular article that she admired, but a psychology research article that I enjoy is Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development for personality in psychology. It hits on a point discussing how something called our ego-identity is constantly changing because of new experiences we have every day. There are also different physiological stages we go through. This will change tremendously throughout a person’s life. I feel as though this will apply to a school psychologist because of a child going through changes as they progress through the school system.
I cannot wait to be able to apply all of the knowledge and tips I have gained from Dr. Mason when I hopefully one day become a school psychologist. It is going to be a very rewarding job where all types of writing are important. This was defiantly an eye opening experience to make me think about the kinds of writing I would be doing that I didn’t think about before. Getting into the field and being able to start these many types of writing is going to be exciting and something I am very much looking forward too.
As a psychology professor and psychologist there are several types of writings that Dr. Mason will do on a daily basis. Being a professor, she will do a lot of technical type of writing and stat based writing. I didn’t realize how much statistics played a role in teaching of psychology and important it is to psychology. Most of the time, however, she is writing lectures and making PowerPoint outlines While she is a psychologist most writing consists of client notes, issues, medications, and tests. This information is very important to know for in hopes of me one day becoming a school psychologist and the type of writing I would be doing differently than some other kind of psychologist. Individualized Education Program is very specific to school psychologists and something I would definitely be doing almost every day. Since she is textbook writer, she tries to write about one or two paragraphs in her textbook daily.
Dr. Mason was very clear for the purpose of the writing that she does. Putting it very simply she said, “I write with efficiency in mind.” I think that is a wonderful piece of advice to give to an inspiring psychologist. She wants to be able to get what she is saying in the least amount of words possible. Psychologists need to be able to write down things a client says in as few words as possible, so practicing this technique in all forms of writing helps tremendously. This is used in writing to students, colleagues, and any other person she may write too. Dr. Mason wants to be able to write in such a way that what she has written will be remembered by all who reads it. In my future profession in this field, I will take this advice to use.
There are a variety of audiences that Dr. Mason writes for. Mainly as a professor she is writing for students and professors. Obviously, she will use different wording when communicate with these two separate groups. With professors, she will use more formal type of writing versus communicating with one of her students. Also, she communicates with other people interested in psychology because of the book that she has written. The book is very student focused because it a textbook that is used for collegiate level students. I find it very interesting to maybe someday be able to write a textbook that would be used in a classroom setting. Especially type of book that would help students be able to realize the different areas of psychology and how they are unique. Sometimes she will write to other book writers to ask them questions about how they approach their writing.
There are a couple of ways Dr. Mason gets out of the writing that she does. The first way is to give feedback from students in the classroom dealing with lecture circumstances. She wants to make sure they are able to understand what they may be doing wrong or right in the class to make sure they fully understand what is going on. She also may give another professor feedback on a lecture she may sit in on. Giving feedback is going to be extremely important in a school psychologist setting to give feedback to a student or parent about the progress a student may be making or an area they made need more help in. Another thing that she gets out of her writing is satisfaction. She seems extremely proud of the writing she does, especially her textbook. Dr. Mason spends a tremendous amount of time on it and loves the satisfaction she gets out of it. Her passion for it is very inspirational.
Dr. Mason did not have a particular article that she admired, but a psychology research article that I enjoy is Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development for personality in psychology. It hits on a point discussing how something called our ego-identity is constantly changing because of new experiences we have every day. There are also different physiological stages we go through. This will change tremendously throughout a person’s life. I feel as though this will apply to a school psychologist because of a child going through changes as they progress through the school system.
I cannot wait to be able to apply all of the knowledge and tips I have gained from Dr. Mason when I hopefully one day become a school psychologist. It is going to be a very rewarding job where all types of writing are important. This was defiantly an eye opening experience to make me think about the kinds of writing I would be doing that I didn’t think about before. Getting into the field and being able to start these many types of writing is going to be exciting and something I am very much looking forward too.